Starting pitcher Luis Severino allowed five runs, including a solo home run to Chris Coghlan on his last pitch in the game, in a 7-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Monday.
After Aaron Judge carried the Yankees to an encouraging April, the thick biceps belonging to the Blue Jays turned Yankee Stadium into a private batting cage Monday night, one the Yankees were locked out of.
The worst team in the AL East entering the game — and playing without Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki — displayed signs of emerging from a deep funk by winning their previous two games.